we have a report now from guatemala city. >> back on the streets, hundreds of protestors marched to guatemala city's central park. six months ago, citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now, they're here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> this year, we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and honest, like it should be. this is our main objective. >> morales was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon. the 46-year-old former t.v. comic told politicians in the press that he will take the country on a new course. >> a new guatemala is possible and worther the struggle. of course things could be better, but i want you to bear in mind things don't change overnight. only we can clear that change. the darkness of corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> morales surprised the nation when he won october's presidential runoff. his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians, including the former president. analysts

david mercer has this report from guatemala city. >> reporter: inside guatemala's public hospitals, scenes of hardship and neglect. in this emergency room in guatemala city, patients with chronic kidney disease wait for treatment. this man's feet are swollen, signs his illness flared up. he could bearly afford the 9 hour trip, let alone drugs prescribed. >> sometimes i don't have enough money to buy the medications, without them my health is worst, and i have to spend more money to get better again. guatemala's public health care system is facing its worse crisis history. hospital staff may have equipment like surgical drugs and sutures on some days, on others patients do have to provide their own. all the while more people crowd the hospitals as population grows. >> obviously the problems providing quality care create a level of frustration, you can't give patients what they deserve. in spite of shortages, we try to serve patients as best we can, to even if it means taking money out of their pockets. a shortage of supplies is predicted to leave many of the habits unable to receive patient

he was born into poverty outside guatemala city. he became an orphan at the age of eight.raising himself on the streets of guatemala city, surrounded by violence and abject poverty but how they wanted more. josÉ and so many others like him, they deserved more. so we set out for a better future. he came to this country, a 3000-mile journey of scars and sacrifices, he arrived here in the u.s. undocumented, went into foster care. he wanted to be an architect. he went to community college. he was able to have a status adjusted. he so loved this country that he joined the marines. and on march 21, 2003, josÉ gutierrez was killed and a tank battle in southern iraq, one of the first casualties in the most recent war in iraq. at the time of his death, he was an american in every single way except on paper. and he received his citizenship lost mostly. the -- posthumously. he is now an american citizen and he will always be an american history. and i've no doubt the 4 million people who were told today to wait some more, there are many other josÉ gutierrez's among them. i have no do

marched to guatemala city's central mark.o, citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now they are here to send a message to the new president. >> translator: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent, and that it is honest, like it should be. >> reporter: moralez was sworn in on thursday afternoon. the 46 year old, said he will take the country on a new course. >> translator: a new guatemala is possible, and it's worth the struggle. things could be better, but things don't change overnight. and only we can create that change. we are passing from the darkness of corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> reporter: he surprised the nation when he won the presidential runoff. his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandaling that brought down top politicians. analysts say moralez won't have much time to rebuild public trust. >> it is the make or break year. we're finally going to know what he is made o

once i did, i basically traveled with a backpack, flew from san francisco airport to guatemala city with no interviews, no plans, and just arrived there. guatemala was fascinating, first of all because of the story. it informed most of the covert operations that were to come in the years after. that was a situation in which my airbnb host happened to be a former congressman in guatemala who happened to be there when the cia supported overthrow happen. his friends fled into the jungles to become guerillas. he became the head of the national basketball association in that country. it is part of a coalition with president toronto, who is a coup d'etat there. through him through this whole series of introductions made through him, i ended up sitting for four hours with the former president of guatemala. the idea in guatemala in that specific country where you can , show up and learn just by being in the right place at the right time and pushing for interviews was a fascinating experience. brian: nicaragua? mr. gruber: an example there, i stayed just a week. there was one day that the three t

president and he swept the election with the election of corruption scandals and we report from guatemala cityorter: back on the streets hundreds of protesters marched to guatemala central park and six months ago aiming to take down a president accused of corruption and now they are here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> translator: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and that it is honest like it should be, this is our main objective. >> reporter: was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon, the 46-year-old former t.v. comic told politicians and the press he will take the country on a new course. >> translator: a new guatemala is possible and of course things could be better but keep in mind things can change overnight and only we can clear the change and the darkness over corruption and the dawn of transparency. >> surprised the nation when he won october's presidential runoff and his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians

. >> reporter: back on the streets hundreds of protesters mashed to guatemala city park. six months ago citizens groups were aiming to take down a president accused of corruption. now they're here to send a message to guatemala's new president. >> translation: this year we are starting by demanding that the government is transparent and that it is honest like it should be. this is our main objective. >> reporter: jimmy morales was sworn in as guatemala's president on thursday afternoon. the 46-year-old former tv cometic told the press that he would fake the country on anyway course. >> translation: -- take >> translation: a new guatemala is possible and it is worth the struggle. things could be better, but i want you to bear in mind things don't change overnight. only we can create that change. we are passing to corruption to the dawn of transparency. >> reporter: his lack of political experience was his best weapon in a country battered by a series of corruption scandals that brought down top politicians, including the former president. analysts say jimmy morales won't ha

york city bartender who's trying to figure out life as a writer. >> and meanwhile, yeah, you know, you're picking up the papers every day, and you're beginning to see the codes, right? because guatemala was basically... that happened to be the most violent year for the city, because that's the year we know now in history that the guatemalan army intelligence forces really cracked down on the urban guerilla networks, the student networks, and so forth. and there's just dead bodies turning up everywhere. and they never identify in the paper what happened. so you're reading the papers, and they're always saying, you know, "he was last seen," you know, et cetera, et cetera, "his family last saw him, the mother says he wasn't involved in politics." you know, always these little code words, right? and they'd say, you know, "body found." just an endless cascade of bodies being found all over the city, always described as showing signs of torture-- (speaking spanish) a coup de grace in the head. >> host: these are kids that are basically your age at that point. >> my age. >> hinojosa: 20, 21, 22, 23. >> sure. and then one day we're at a family cocktail party, right, and this other girl, she'

david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala city. >>> a reminder that there's plenty more news on our website, aljazeera.com. >> tying to get answers on the flint water crisis on capitol hill. city leaders and environmentalists testify before congress. zika virus warning, a new case reported in the u.s. transmitted through sex. >>> the issue at the mosque is we didn't know who was behind it, who was in it, where it came from. >> distrust in a wyoming town, backlash over a new mosque as president obama prepares to address the rise of islamaphobia in the u.s. today. >>> this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. a congressional hearing underway into the water crisis in flint michigan, a house committee is grilling city leaders and hearing from residents. these are live pictures from capitol hill. the man at the center of the problem is not there, darnell early, the state appointed emergency manager was subpoenaed to appear but says he can't comply. e.p.a. officials who are busy working in flint. lawmakers say they have emails that show government officials knew about t

david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala city. >>> a reminder that there's plenty more news on our website, aljazeera.com. >> tying to get answers on the flint water crisis on capitol hill. city leaders and environmentalists testify before congress. zika virus warning, a new case reported in the u.s. transmitted through sex. >>> the issue at the mosque is we didn't know who was behind it, who was in it, where it came from. >> distrust in a wyoming town, backlash over a new mosque as president obama prepares to address the rise of islamaphobia in the u.s. today.

volcano experts monitoring the ash 7 kilometers in the sky and it's near guatemala city and know vacuum evacuation orders yet. he wants a safe transition of power after calls for rallies raised fears of unrest between government and opposition supposupe suppo supporters. >> reporter: signed and debated laws he says helped lift venezuela people out of poverty and after the reelection he accepts defeat but he is calling on his supporters to protest during tuesday's assembly inauguration. he says the march will be peaceful but the opposition has often claimed that groups like his function as armed malitia-like groups that attack their detractors. >> translator: social movements are going to show support for the revolutionary government and tell the far right we are not willing to lose the social and political achievements of the past 17 years. >> after gaining power in 1998chavez vowed to transform the oil-rich nation to a socialist paradise with subsidized food and free housing and clinics for the poor contributed to his unchallenged popularity. but his successor nicholas miduro lacks his

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. >>> indigenous women from daniel mercer reports from guatemala city. >> reporter: now they have a chance to tell their story. all of these women say they were taken as sexual slaves in 1982. petrona said she was held on an army base and repeatedly raped over the period of six days. some say the abuse lasted for sick years. >> they told us to take a rain shower, then the fat man came and he would rape us. i was raped many times, my daughter was also raped. >> guatemala's community is punishing to try get money for their land. >> this, marks the first time in national history, that a national court will hear a case of war time sexual slavery. guatemala's 36 year civil war ended in 1996, and left some 200,000 people dead. a ur u.n. fest committee found culpability. there are still signs of weakness the biggest being the stalled genocide trial of former guatemalan dictator efrian. but the couple of weeks are over. grave human rights abuses, people who are connected not just to crime of the past but criesmsigns of agreement. >> the u.s. ambassador's presence on the trial's opening day shows w

there are no reports of injuries could the quake was centered 135 miles southwest of guatemala city.k seven rattling communities in southern japan following a magnitude 6.5 quake that killed nine people and injured about 800. rescue workers have been coming through rubble in hard-hit areas to make sure there are no more trapped people. the prime minister says the government wants to prevent any secondary disasters from aftershocks. bernie sanders is now in rome to attend a vatican conference. the vermont senator is making the trip even as he is facing a crucial primary against tillie clinton this week. he is with speakers to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a speaking document by pope john paul ii on social justice in the economy at the end of the second world war. >> i'm very excited to be here in the vatican and to have the opportunity to say a few words to the academy about the need for a moral economy. vonnie: vatican says pope francis has no plans to speak at the conference or with sanders. continuing divisions between tea party lawmakers and gop lawmakers have put off addres

guatemala city on friday night. good luck. nicole: the ncaa says the final four at national championship games will be live streamed in virtual reality, fans will be able to watch each game from courtside seats or that is the perspective you get for free. download the ncaa march madness apps the second big move into virtual reality by the ncaa this month. the association parted with sparks -- fox sports to live streamed the big east tournament games. lauren: maria molina is all over the forecast. maria: all kinds of crazy weather, this massive storm system bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions across the western us and it is moving eastward tapping into some very humid air masses across parts of the planes. it will fire up those storms, potentially producing severe weather in the form of damaging wind, hail and tornadoes. the greatest threat is across parts of the south including arkansas, texas, northern louisiana, so heads up, looking at that thread for severe weather throughout the day today and the storm keeps moving

david mercer, al jazeera, guatemala city. >>> a little earlier in the bulletin we were telling you aboutr soldier who has gone on trial for trying to smuggle a 4-year-old afghan girl into britain at her father's request. the 49 year old faced up to five years in jail for aiding illegal immigration. and we understand he has just been convicted by a french court for trying to rescue that little girl, but he does avoid prison. >>> still ahead in the news hour, the former head of world athletics accused of sanctioning organized corruption. details coming up. ♪ >>> we're back with an update on all of the sports stories. >>> the former head of world athletics has been accused of organizing and enabling conspiracy and corruption. it is the second part of an independent report. it also claims the iaaf council could not have been unaware of the corruption. lee what is the latest? >> reporter: well, part two of the independent report. we knew it was going to be damming. it was collusion between russians at a high level, and the world governing body of athletics which is a complete deception of the

we went down to el salvador and guatemala city. airport when the people who are mostly kids, with a few parents, when the kids arrived back in -- we had stopped them at the border and sent them back. by 1:00 in the afternoon, every kid had been picked up, every child had been picked up. every child had been taken home by their families. thedeal there in talking to immigrants, to these families trying to get to the united , -- they getlly three tries to get to the united states. they call them coyotes. i do not like to use that term because it has a romantic appeal. these are human traffickers. they are putting these humans at grave risk in this whole exercise here. what i'm getting at is, there is a push factor. there is a push factor by having low standards in this country for allowing immigrants to come in but also because there is an industry in central america. more profitable than smuggling drugs and most countries do not have human trafficking laws in place. they can do this and there are no dire consequences as the would-be

he was born into poverty outside guatemala city. he became an orphan at the age of eight raising himself on the streets of guatemala city. surrounded by violence and abjebt poverty. but jose wanted more. jose and so many like him deserve more. so he set out for a better future. he came to this country, a 3,000 mile journey of scars and sacrifices and arrived in the u.s. undocumented, went into foster care. he wanted to be an architect and went to community college and so loved this country he joined the marines and on march 21, 2003 he was killed in a tank battle in southern iraq. one of the first casualties. he was an american in every way and received his citizenship and he is now an american citizen and he will always be an american hero. i have no doubt that the four million people who were told to wait for some there are many more jose's among them. i have no doubt about it. [applause] >> and what i admire so much about jose and so many others like jose was that chronic optimism, that chronic sense of he can do better, the chro

this is in guatemala city. hundreds of rescuers now there picking through the site.looking for victims or possible dozens of people were scavaging at the landfill. 18 people are unaccounted z1yosz z1yotz leon: over the years we seen great mug shots. this is out of florida in running for best we have seen. kevin gibson arrested in did a county on drug charges last week. you look at this and you think maybe he was caught in the middle of a shave trying to escape. you can see. look closely. there is stubble on the right of his face. that is the look. he apparently he was shooting for. alison: okay. an emotional story now about a prom date. a young man asks a girl to travel hundreds of miles to go to prom with him. the reason? she received his best friend's donated lung. michelle marsh has the story. this is amazing. michelle: quite a story here. colin of cincinnati looking forward to his first prom. his date is driving all the way from silver spring to be his date. colin and marianna only met once. but in a way they have known each other for a very long time. marianna h

istanbul and turkey to warsaw, poland, sydney, santiago in chile, hong kong, sao paulo, madrid guatemala city, bangkok, thailand. all over the world. in paris, france, the eiffel tower was lit up in tribute in the colors of the rainbow flag. and the gay community in the united states knows from violence, right? the stonewall inn itself is a touchstone of gay civil rights. it is literally going to be a national monument, but that's because of a riot there, because police violence against lgbt people who went to that bar in 1969, that finally boiled over into a full-scale knockdown, drag-out, violent riot in the streets as the lgbt community physically fought back against the attacks and the abuse they had been subjected to, with impunity impunity, at gay bars like stonewall for years. stonewall was not a place they held meetings. stonewall is a place they had a riot. that was 1969. 1963, about 65 people inside a bar called the you stairs lounge in new orleans. an arsonist sprayed lighter fluid all over the one wooden stairway leading up to that bar inside that wooden building. they sprayed lig

we went down to el salvador and we went down to guatemala city. and so, we were at the airport when the people who work -- mostly kids with a few parents. when the kids arrived back home. so, we had a stop them from the border and send them back. 11:00.ne arrived by by 1:00 in the afternoon, every child had been picked up. and taken home by their families. the deal there in talking to the immigrants, these families that are trying to get into the united states illegally, they to atheir range was $7,000 thousand dollars per person. and they get three tries. they get three tries to get into the united states. they call them coyotes. i don't like using that term because it has a romantic appeal to it. these are human traffickers and they are putting these kids at great risk in this exercise. so, what i am getting at is this is a push factor -- actually, there is a pull factor by having low standards in this country, for allowing immigrants to come in. factors also a push because there is an industry down there in central america that is -- it is much

in guatemala, at least 10 people have died in mudslides amid intense rainfall outside guatemala city. this is a local fireman. meanwhile, flash flooding in greece has killed at least 4 people amid torrential downpours in the southern and northern parts of greece. in news from the campaign trail, hillary clinton and donald trump both spoke at a national security forum held on the decommissioned aircraft carrier intrepid in new york city wednesday night. this is donald trump. mr. trump: i have always said, shouldn't be there, but if we're going to get out, take the oil. if we would have taken the oil, you would not have prices because ice is formed with the power and the wealth of that oil. >> how are we going to take the oil? >> mr. trump: yulia a certain group behind and take various sections were they have the oil. amy: meanwhile, hillary clinton said she would not deploy ground troops into iraq and syria, even -- puttingnton: we are not ground troops into iraq ever again and we are not putting it into syria. we're going to defeat isis without committing american ground troops. amy:

other world news in guatemala monitoring eruption of the volcano and it's 50 miles from guatemala cityted sunday sending ash up to seven kilometers high and indian troops searching the base for more gunmen involved in last weekend's attack and no fire heard since monday night but one attacker suspected on the base and seven indian and five fighters killed in assault that began on saturday. arrested a suspect for attack on a bus and killed 17 and injured 32 other passengers and the police are investigating the man's motive. u.s. government has sued the german car maker volkswagen for violating the clean air act and company admitted selling diesel cars fitted with illegal software designed to cheat emissions tests. in germany an aging population and a low birth rate are creating a serious skills shortage and small towns and cities throughout the country are being affected the most, part one of al jazeera's look at global falling birth rate and dominick cane is in a small town in central germany where they are hoping some of the thousands of skilled refugees coming to the country could pr

in guatemala city alone, over 400 businesses and schools shut their doors., along with dozens of other government officials, resigned already. [applause] nonviolent struggle is just as complex as military warfare, if not more. its participants must be well trained and have clear objectives, and its leaders must have a strategy of how to achieve those objectives. the technique of war has been developed over thousands of years with massive resources and some of our best minds dedicated to understanding and improving how it works. the us government recently admitted that it's in a stalemate in its war against isis, but what most people don't know is that people have stood up to isis using nonviolent action. when isis captured mosul in june 2014, they announced that they were putting in place a new public school curriculum based on their own extremist ideology, but on the first day of school, not a single child showed up. parents simply refused to send them, and they told journalists they would rather home school their children rather than to have them brainwash

he became an orphan at the age of eight raising himself on the streets of guatemala city. but jose wanted more. jose and so many like him deserve more. so he set out for a better future. he came to this country, a 3,000 mile journey of scars and sacrifices and arrived in the u.s. undocumented, went into foster care. he wanted to be an architect and went to community college and so loved this country he joined the marines and on march 21, 2003 he was killed in southern iraq. one of the most casualities. he was an american in every way and received his citizenship and he is now an american citizen and he will always be an american hero. i have no doubt that the four million people who were told to wait for some there are many more jose's among them. i have no doubt about it. [applause] >> and what i admire so much about jose and so many others like jose was that chronic optimism, that chronic sense of he can do better, the chronic impatience that comes along with the desire to do better. that is why, i come to you with unrelenting optimism about the future of our country. i

a plane filled with guatemalans who have been deported from the united states just arrived in guatemala city as the u.s. government carries out a national campaign of raids targeting families who have fled to the u.s. seeking asylum. one of the deported asylum-seekers, marvin solis, said he felt his rights had been violated. >> like the saying goes, one does harm and another bears the blame. some people truly deserve an opportunity over there and they are carrying out raids and with that, they in a violating people's rights. amy: transcanada corporation has sued the u.s. government over its rejection of the keystone xl pipeline. on wednesday, it filed a lawsuit in u.s. federal court alleging president obama's rejection of the pipeline exceeded his power under the u.s. constitution. transcanada also filed legal action under the north american free trade agreement, or nafta, claiming the pipeline permit denial was "arbitrary and unjustified." it's seeking $15 billion as part of its nafta claim. president obama rejected the cross-border crude oil pipeline in november after years of review and o

dialing telephone] [ring] -downhearted about the setback in the case, rebeca goes to a vigil in guatemala cityional strength she needs to carry on. [bell tolls] [bell tolls] [soft music plays] [melancholy tune plays] ♪ ♪ -in an office on the other side of the courtroom's wall, the first judge continues working, untouched. in a preliminary trial, his colleagues absolved him of all charges for the killing of his ex-wife. -ricardo's defense team initially presented his psychological analysis to the court, but then realized that it is self-incriminating. they are now attempting to retract their own evidence and prevent the psychologist from testifying. -rebeca and her family's only contact with ricardo was by telephone, when he would call adela obsessively. to calm him down, she would pass the phone off to rebeca or one of her nieces, which would only increase his insults and threats. adela's children had seen ricardo, but her friend edelmira was the only one who knew him personally. [buzz] [horn honks] [melancholy tune plays] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ -ricardo is currently being charged for homicidio, which, in th

piÑatas of president-elect donald trump are being sold in guatemala city for an annual festival.ta makers say trump is by far their best seller. >> britteny: to jill worse or whether we will have more snowfall in our 7 day forecast. even as the going to next week. >> steve: the fairness is usually good for business but we will explain what's behind the horns. >> reporter: the major construction of fourth and howard waterman and broke in the middle of the night now having to reconstruct the road at least a to the clear up coming up on kron 4 news at 8. >> steve: pinatas being sold and of big way. guatemalans celebrated their some of the larger ones can take a month to put together. costing as much as two-hundred dollars. vendors say piÑatas of famous people usually sell the best. in 20-15, the best sellers were president raiders owner mark davis hasn't held back in calling out oakland for its lack of planning in keeping his team from leaving. but in the last few months, the city has answered the call. and today, it announced it now has a plan that 'vigorously competes' with the la

>> guatemala city. >> what is your favorite -- >> mine. >> you remind me of my daughter. >> she just turned 13 last week. >> great. maybe you will be a doctor. do you want to be a doctor? no? a marine biologist. a good place for that is california. thank you for coming. >> thank you very much. nice to meet you. >> how are you? well, we are doing well, but it is only going to happen if we keep doing well, and i think we will. we have a lot of people working hard and we appreciate your help. >> [indiscernible] >> that is so true. i think that is a key reason. >> i am fans. nice meeting you. >> nice to see you. great to be here. i love your stay. i spent a lot of time here and even in the rainy days of winter, it's really pretty. >> not much going on today. it is a little jury out there. >> you get to walk the hills and great businesses and optimistic people. and well informed. we are proud to have the endorsement of your governor. it is a great state. we need to do that at the federal level, which is to return power to the people. great to meet you. how are you? >> very nice to meet yo

city. >>> guatemala volcano erupted and shot ash and steam more than 2 miles in to the sky and lava flowed down the flanks. this is one of the most active volcanos in latin america and erupted 79 times. already just this year. >>> american astronauts jeff williams and kate rubens have gone on a space walk outside the international space station, installing equipment necessary for the the man boeing and space-x craft. a nice weekend on tap with a few chances for rain. topper shutt has a look at when it is safe to fire up the grill or get out and do gardening, ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded suv of the century. companies must adapt.changing environment, but one thing should remain constant - a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. pnc corporate and institutional banking offers strategies tailored to your company's needs. know that our dedicated teams of local experts offer insight to help you achieve your business objectives. see how working with pnc can help your company g

>> guatemala city. [indiscernible] [video clip] >> she just turned 13 last week. >> a marine biologist. nice to meet you. thank you. thank you for coming. >> to i very much. nice to meet you. mrs. cruz: tnk you for coming. >> congratulations on your success. mrs. cruz: we are doing well, but it will only happen if we keep doing well. i think we will. [indiscernible] mrs. cruz: that is so true. thank you. vince: i am fence. nice to see you. mrs. cruz: thank you for coming. are you from appleton? vince: yes. mrs. cruz: i love your state. even in the rainy days, it is see -- beautiful to see what is going on here. great businesses, optimistic people, and well-informed. we are proud to have the support of your governor. >> he has done a lot to help us. mrs. cruz: it is a great state -- we need to do that at the federal level -- return the power to the people, shrink the size of the government. great to meet you. >> let me get out of your way here. mrs. cruz: hi, how are you? grandson -- oh, your grandson. f

guatemala. >> in the center of antigua, like every city in town in guatemala, you will find a catholic churchh millions of devout followers, catholicism has shaped this country but if you thought pope francis's suggestion that contraception might be condoned during the zika crisis would upset catholics, you will be wrong. >> i was surprised the pope said this, but i think it's a big victory because he governs the church. it's a big change. it will have an impact on the whole region. >> i think this method he talks about is good. it's the children who suffer because of this illness. this way, women can take more care. >> reporter: while it may appear the pope's stanchion on birth control might be softening, far from the vatican, little appears to have changed. father eric monzona assure us that pope francis at no time supported the use of contraceptives but simply hinted that using birth control might be a lesser evil than abortion. the catholic church's position on contraception, father eric says, is clear. >> we are never in favor of abortion or in favor of contraceptives. the church is alwa

lore of science, a father of three, and you know, i wanted to do something to improve the city. >> alberto: guatemala and kol onlyia so far. -- colombia so far. >> i'm from puerto rico, i recently graduated from salem state, and my sports management degree and i do everything in chelsea, i work there, volunteer there, run two basketball programs and a big youth guy and that made me want to become a city council. >> my name is judith and i grew up in chelsea, my mother was a factory worker there. she has been working in a local factory for over 26 years and my experiences, seeing the expenses of my mother as a worker there, graduated as an urban planner from college. >> alberto: what made you run for office, the moment that said i will do this? >> when i went to college and studied many improvements that can happen in cities i returned to our city and i realized that we have so many problems that we have not imaboved quality of life, that we have not got the change or opportunities for our young population, our women, do do not have a voice. i decided to run because i brief we can provide that voice,

we went down to san sal salvador and guatemala city.we were at the airport when the people that were, largely most kids, but with a few parents, when the kids arrived back in, in teguchialpa, i think it was, we had stopped them at the border and sent them back and the plane arrived around 11:00. by 1:00 in the afternoon, every kid had been picked up. every child had been picked up and taken home by their families. and the deal there in talking to the the immigrants, these families. that are trying to get into the united states illegally. and they said that the range was 7,000 to $8,000 per person. and they get three tries, they get three tries to get into the united states. so they call them coyotes. i don't like using that term, because it has a romantic appeal to it. these are human traffickers, putting these kids at grave risk in this whole exercise here. so what i'm getting at is there's a push factor, well actually there's a pull factor by having low standards in this country. for allowing immigrants to come in. there's also a push

we have reports of planes lifting off of places like guatemala city flying unaccompanied alien children into the united states and then they claim the department of homeland security has the legal obligation to care for them and house for -- department of health and human services has the legal obligation to care for them and house them. what we're trying to bring forth is a greater respect for the rule of law. the president, i believe, has gone outside the law with this memorandum, and a greater respect for the rule of law and moving towards a fiscal responsibility that may require a sense of austerity. we don't have either one with this administration. this amendment does, also, preserve the article 1 authority of the united states congress which has been eroded significantly over the last 7 1/2 years. i'd reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: i reiterate my opposition to the gentleman's amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from iowa

city blend. >> columbia, brazil and guatemala. >> that is not ocean city. >> it is ocean city.ke it right here. >> perfect, thanks for bringing up some cough east this morning. >> what are these, the beans. >> those are chocolate cover espresso beans. >> that is nice. >> those look good. >> that is a mix. those are dark chocolate. we have milk chocolate. we also have different flavors for everybody. >> mike, i'm checking on you before we go to bob here. >> it is done. >> how does it look. >> it looks good. now you can do the hair flip. >> there we go it looks good. >> bob kelly, i can't tell you, you should see what mike is doing right now, flipping that hair. >> hold on, they gave me some salt water taffy. you know, today is national pop sickle day too by the way. we are here on the boardwalk at a spot that you have to stop when you you come to ocean city, shriver's fudge, all right. who wants salt water taffy. >> yes. >> follow me we will take a tour of the candy factory. your first name. >> holy. >> hi holy. how many years have you been opened here. >> 118 years. >> so take

morales was sworn in friday evening in guatemala city before several latin american presidents, and u.stranslator: i've said this before, making use of and paraphrasing our national anthem, woe to he who with blind ambition tries to steal the people's money because we will be drastic and severe. >> guatemala, a country of 15 million, is reeling from a corruption scandal that last year prompted the resignation of its president, vice president, and more than a dozen cabinet members, ministers, and government officials. former president oto perez molina is in jail awaiting trial. perez won with more than 67% of the vote. among the main challenges for new president is combatting poverty. in a country where over half are below the poverty line, according to the world bank. the president asked all guatemalans to make a commitment and work for a better guatemala. morales will serve as president until 2020. reelection is not allowed in guatemala. >>> actor alan rickman lost his battle with cancer. he is best known for his portrayal of villains, but we will tell you what he said about the roles

guatemala. in inner cities in this country with life expectancy very low. not to the many out on the street because many are in jail. people do not know this and the media does an atrocious job of reporting this. you talk about the 1% -- the reason i talk about that is, are we satisfied living in a country where the top 0.1% now owns about as much wealth as the bottom 90%. the 20 wealthiest individuals have more income than the bottom 150 million. it is a disgrace. in no way is that a moral economy. it has to be transformed and we have now -- the irony now is that we have the technology. we have the brainpower to create an economy that works well for all people. nothing everyone should earn the same income. you could do away with poverty or guarantee health care to all people. this is not that hard. >> was there a turning point for you, a moment when you thought, we can win this thing? >> it's funny, i have been asked that question a lot. what he said to you moment ago is, i thought the ideas that we had would resonate with the american people. i've been in